Classification

This page walks you through each categorization of Hypholoma fasciculare and explains why it is placed into each category, by starting with the least specific category, domain, and finishing with the most specific category, species.

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Strophariaceae Genus: Hypholoma Species: Hypholoma fasciculare

Eukarya

Eukarya is a domain grouping that consists of multicellular organisms with a true nucleus, and membrane-bound organelles. Other organisms that fall into this category are plants, such as nutmeg and peyote,  insects, such as the bald-faced hornet, and mammals, such as a yak.

Fungi

Fungi is a kingdom grouping  of organisms based on being non-vascular, having chitinous cell wall structure, and reproduce through spores. Other examples of fungi include the caterpillar fungus and ergot.

Basidiomycota

Basidiomycota is a phylum grouping based on sexual spores being produced externally on club-based structures called basidia. Within the basidiomycota, there are mushrooms, such as the jelly ear mushroom, the lingzhi mushroom,

Agaricomycetes

Agaricomycetes is a class grouping based on mushroom formation and the presence of basidiocarps. Another cool example of an agaricomycetes is the pearl oyster mushroom.

Agaricales

Agaricales is an order grouping based on presence of gills on mushrooms. Another example of a fungi within the agaricales order is the death angel, the split-gilled fungus, and the wolf-fart puffball.

Strophariaceae

Strophariaceae is a family grouping based on having brown gills. Examples of these are Psilocybe and Stropharia.

Hypholoma

Hypholoma is a genus grouping based on having dark brown to black spores. Hypholoma when translated from Latin to English means "mushroom with threads"

Hypholoma fasciculare

Hypholoma fasciculare is a species grouping based on the fact that these mushrooms come in clusters. Fasciculare when translated from Latin to English means "in bunches".

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